Matthew Barber, Police & Crime Commissioner for Thames Valley, said: “Our neighbourhood policing teams are vital to tackling crime locally as well as engaging with your community. Working with the Chief Constable over recent years we have doubled the number of neighbourhood officers across the Force and I have now been successful in bidding to the Government for funding to recruit an additional 68 neighbourhood police officers. 

“Although resources need to be focussed on cutting crime and catching criminals, reporting back to communities is important. The connection between local councils and local neighbourhood teams is an important part of that, both in terms of representing community concerns to the police and in sharing the activity of what the police are doing to make our communities safer. To that end I would be grateful if you could contribute to a short survey (below) to understand how Thames Valley Police could improve their links with your council.”

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As always please do feel free to contact my office if we can support your local council in our collective efforts to keep the public safe and I would be delighted to come and meet with you locally.